As of October 11, 1999
Individuals who have signed declaration of support:
- Arber, Werner (Switzerland), Physiology or Medicine, 1978
- Arrow, Kenneth (USA), Economic Sciences, 1972
- Black, James Sir (UK), Medicine, 1988
- Borlaug, Norman (USA), Peace, 1970
- Boyer, Paul D. (USA), Chemistry, 1997
- Charpak, Georges (France), Physics, 1992
- Curl, Robert F. (USA), Chemistry, 1996
- Dausset, Jean (France), Medicine or Physiology, 1980
- Debreu, Gerard (USA), Economic Sciences, 1983
- De Duve, Christian (Belgium), Physiology or Medicine, 1974
- De Gennes, P.G. (France), Physics, 1991
- Doherty, Peter (Australia), Physiology or Medicine, 1996
- Ernst, Richard R. (UK), Chemistry, 1991
- Gell-Mann, Murray (USA), Physics, 1969
- Glashow, Sheldon Lee (USA), Physics, 1979
- Gorbachev, Mikhail (Russia), Peace, 1990
- Gordimer, Nadine (South Africa), Literature, 1991
- Jacob, François (France), Physiology or Medicine,1965
- Kendall, Henry (USA), Physics, 1990
- Klein, Lawrence (USA), Economic Sciences, 1980
- Klitzing, Klaus von (Germany), Physics, 1985
- Lederman, Leon M. (USA), Physics, 1988
- Lehn, Jean-Marie (France), Chemistry, 1987
- Levi-Montalcini, Rita (Italy), Physiology or Medicine, 1986
- Lewis, Edward B. (USA), Physiology or Medicine, 1995
- Lown, Bernard (USA), Peace, 1985
- Mahfouz, Naguib (Egypt), Literature, 1988
- Marcus, Rudolph A. (USA), Chemistry, 1992
- Molina, Mario J. (Mexico), Chemistry, 1995
- Modigliani, Franco (USA), Economic Sciences, 1985
- Mullis, Kary (USA), Chemistry, 1993
- Murad, Ferid (USA), Physiology or Medicine, 1998
- Murray, Joseph E. (USA), Physiology or Medicine, 1990
- Olah, George (USA), Chemistry, 1994
- Penzias, Arno (USA), Physics, 1978
- Prigogine, Ilya (Belgium), Chemistry, 1977
- Polanyi, John C. (Canada), Chemistry, 1986
- Ramos-Horta, José (Portugal), Peace, 1996
- Roberts, Richard J. (UK), Physiology or Medicine, 1993
- Richter, Burton (USA), Physics, 1976
- Sharpe, William (USA), Economic Sciences, 1990
- Skou, Jens. Chr. (Denmark), Chemistry, 1997
- Smith, Hamilton O. (USA), Medicine or Physiology, 1978
- Solow, Robert (USA), Economic Sciences, 1987
- Soyinka, Wole (Nigeria), Literature, 1986
- Tobin, James (USA), Economic Sciences, 1981
- Tsui, Daniel C. (USA), Physics, 1998
- Tutu, Desmond Archbishop (South Africa), Peace, 1984
- Abed, F.H. (Bangladesh), Executive Director, BRAC
- Aboul-Magd, Ahmed Kamal (Egypt), International Jurist
- Abouzeid, Ahmed (Egypt), Member of the High Council of arts, Laureate of the State Prize of Egypt
- Abouzeid, Hekmat (Egypt), former Minister of Social Affairs and currently Professor of Sociology, Cairo University
- Achebe, Chinua (Nigeria), author
- Afkhami, Mahnaz (Iran), President, Sisterhood is Global Institute, USA
- Agarwal, Anil (India), Chairman, Centre for Science and the Environment
- Ahmad, Kamaluddin (Bangladesh), President, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
- Ahmed, Akbar (Pakistan), Fellow, Selwyn College, Cambridge University, Islamic Thinker and Media Commentator
- Akimaliev Jamin (Kyrgyzstan), Academician and President, Kyrgyz Agrarian Academy, Bishkek
- Aitkin, Don (Australia), Vice Chancellor, University of Canberra
- Alaoui, Assia Bensalah (Morocco), Director of Research, Université Mohamed V
- Alberts, Bruce (USA), President, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- Ali, Syed Babar (Pakistan),Chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
- Ali, M. Innas (Bangladesh), Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences; formerly President, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and Science Adviser to the President of Bangladesh
- Amman, Hamed (Egypt), Holder of State Prize and Kuwait Prize for Advancement of Sciences
- Arkoun, Mohamed (Algeria), Professor Emeritus of History of Islamic Thought, Sorbonne
- Asmal, Kader (South Africa), Member, World Water Commission and Patron, Global Water Partnership
- Attali, Jacques (France), intellectual and writer
- Atteslander, Peter (Switzerland), Chairman of the Scientific Board, Swiss Academy for Development (SAD)
- Ayensu, Edward (Ghana), President, Pan-African Union for Science and Technology
- Barghouti, Shawki (Jordan), Director General, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
- Barry, Nancy (USA), President, Women’s World Banking
- Barwale, B.R. (India), Chairman, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Limited and Winner of the World Food Prize
- Beach, Milo (USA), Director, Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Beaumarchais, Madame Jacques de (France), President des Amis du Musée de l'Homme
- Beckmann, David (USA), President, Bread for the World Christian Citizens Movement
- Bezanson, Keith (Canada), Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
- Boutros-Ghali, Boutros (Egypt), Secretary General, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
- Braga, Benedito (Brazil), President, International Water Resources Association
- Brahimi, Lakhdar (Algeria), former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algeria
- Budyko, M.I. (Russia), Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, winner of the 1998 Blue Planet Prize
- Catley-Carlson, Margaret (Canada), President, Population Council, New York
- Cernea, Michael (Romania/USA), Sociologist, Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
- Chang, Zhangliang (China), Vice President, Beijing University
- Chaparro, Fernando (Colombia), Executive Secretary, Global Forum for Agricultural Research, Italy
- Charrier, Bertrand (France), Executive Director, Green Cross International
- Chopra, V.L. (India), Padma Bhushan, and Vice President, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India
- Chowdhry, Kamla (India), Chair, Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development
- Christofferson, Leif E. (Norway), Grid-Arendal Foundation, Norway
- Clausen, A.W. (USA), former President, The World Bank
- Cohen, Joel E. (USA), Head and Professor, Laboratory of Populations, Rockefeller University and Columbia University
- Conable, Barber (USA), former President, The World Bank
- Conway, Gordon (UK), President, Rockefeller Foundation
- Correa, Charles (India), Architect
- Coulomb, Rene (France), President of the Hydrological Society
- Cousteau, Francine (France), President, The Cousteau Society
- Daley-Harris, Sam (USA), Director, Microcredit Summit Campaign
- Dasgupta, Partha (India), Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK
- Desai, Lord Meghnad (UK), London School of Economics
- Didier, Michel (France), Professor, Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers (CNAM)
- Dimechkie, Nadim B. (Lebanon), Former Ambassador to Washington and to the Court of St. James, and Former President of the Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut and President of B.C.P Beirut
- Dreesmann, Bernd (Germany), Secretary General, EuronAid
- Dukhovniy, Victor A. (Uzbekistan), International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea
- Dolzer, Rudolf (Germany), Director, Institute of International Law, University of Bonn
- Ehrlich, Paul (USA), Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Stanford University
- El-Ashry, Mohamed (Egypt/USA), CEO, The Global Environment Facility
- El-Baz, Farouk (Egypt/USA), Director, Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University; President, Arab Society for Desert Studies; Council Member, Third World Academy of Sciences
- El-Kholy, Lotfi (Egypt), Secretary-General, Afro-Asian Writers Association
- El-Saaty, Samia (Egypt), Member of the Supreme Council of Culture and International Association of Sociology
- Emmerij, Louis Johan (Netherlands), Special Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank
- Esmail, Aziz (UK), Director, Institute of Ismaili Studies
- Etzioni, Amitai (USA/Israel), University Professor, George Washington University
- Fahmi, Hussein (Egypt), Film Director and Actor, President, Cairo International Film Festival, and UN Goodwill Ambassador to the Middle East
- Falcon, Walter P. (USA), Farnworth Professor of International Economics, Stanford University
- Falkenmark, Malin (Sweden), Water Scientist, winner of 1998 Volvo Prize
- Fayek, Ahmed (Egypt), Holder of Egyptian State Prize in Psychology
- Fedoroff, Nina (USA), Director, Life Sciences Consortium and Biotechnology Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
- Fuller, Kathryn (USA), President, World Wildlife Fund
- Gadgil, Madhav (India), Indian Institute of Science
- Gates, Jr., Henry Louis (USA), W.E.B. Dubois Professor of Humanities, and Chair, Department of African American Studies, Harvard University
- Gergiev, Valery (Russia), Director, Marinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
- Gilbert, Alan (Australia), Vice Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
- Giniyatullin, Rim A. (Uzbekistan), former Deputy Prime Minister
- Goldman, Richard N. (USA), President and Founder, Goldman Environmental Foundation
- Gould, Stephen J. (USA), Harvard University
- Grabar, Oleg (USA), Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
- Hamama, Faten (Egypt), Actress
- Hanna, Milad (Egypt), Winner of the 1998 International Simón Bolívar Prize
- Hasan, Arif (Pakistan), Architect
- Hassan, Mohammed H.A. (Sudan), Secretary General, Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste
- Haug, Ruth (Norway), Research Director, International Center, Agricultural University of Norway
- Heikal, Hassanein Mohamed (Egypt), Journalist and Writer
- Hemmi, Kenzo (Japan), Professor, Tokyo Eiwa University
- Herren, Hans (Switzerland), Director General, International, Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya, and World Food Prize Laureate
- Hertzberg, Arthur (USA), Bronfman Visiting Professor of the Humanities, New York University
- Howeidy, Fahmy (Egypt), Writer and Islamic thinker, deputy chief editor of Al-Ahram
- Hoyt, John A. (USA), President Emeritus, The Humane Society of the United States
- Hussein, Mahmoud (Egypt), writer
- Ibrahim, Saad Eddin (Egypt), Chairman, Ibn Khaldoun Center
- Isani, Usman A.G. (Pakistan),Chairman, Univ Grants Commission, Islamabad
- Islam, A. (Bangladesh), Vice Chancellor, National University of Bangladesh, former President, Bangladesh Association for Advancement of Science
- Jelloun, Taher ben (Morocco/France), writer
- Jolly, Richard (UK), UNDP - the Human Development Report
- Judd, Frank (UK), House of Lords
- Juma, Calestous, former Executive Secretary, U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Kakabadse, Yolanda (Ecuador), Minister for the Environment
- Kalkat, G.S. (India), Vice Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University
- Kassim-Lakha, Shams (Pakistan), President, The Aga Khan Univ, Karachi
- Kelleher, Graeme (Australia) AO, FTSE, FIE Australia
- Kennedy, Donald (USA), Chairman, Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education Advisory Committee, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; President Emeritus and Bing Professor of Env. Science, Stanford University
- Khalid, Mansour (Sudan), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vice Chairman of the World Commission on Environment and Development
- Khan, M. Ferdouse (Bangladesh), Secretary, Bangladesh Education Commission, author and Islamic thinker
- Khan, Obaidullah (Bangladesh), Chairman, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
- Khosla, Ashok (India), Development Alternatives
- Kissling, Fridolin (Switzerland), President, Foundation Board, Swiss Academy for Development
- Klabin, Israel (Brazil), President, Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development, and former Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
- Konie, Gwendoline (Zambia), Ambassador and Chair, Southern Africa Region Microcredit Summit (SARMS)
- Krauer, Alex (Switzerland) Chairman of the Board of Novartis, and Chairman of the Board of UBS
- Laconte, Pierre (Belgium), former Secretary General, International Union of Public Transport
- Ladner, Benjamin (USA), President, American University, Washington, DC
- Lamb, Robert (UK), Earth Report Series Editor, TVE Director
- Lash, Jonathan (USA), President, World Resources Institute
- Leisinger, Klaus (Germany/Switzerland), The Novartis Foundation
- Lipset, Seymour Martin (USA), Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and Fellow, Hoover Institute, Stanford University
- Lizin, Anne-Marie (Belgium), Senator, Mayor of Huy, and Independent Expert, U.N. Commission on Human Rights
- Lopes, Henri (Congo), Writer, former Deputy Director General, UNESCO
- Lovejoy, Thomas E. (USA), Counselor to the Secretary, Biodiversity and Environmental Affairs, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Luers, Wendy W (USA), President, Foundation for a Civil Society
- Madan, M.L. (India), Vice Chancellor, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University, Akola, India
- Maathai, Wangari (Kenya), Green Belt Movement
- Mahfouz, Afaf (Egypt), President Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN (CONGO)
- Maksoud, Clovis (Lebanon), Writer, former Ambasador of the Arab League, and Director, Center for the Global South, American University
- Malhotra, Mohini (Nepal), former Manager, Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP)
- Marton-Lefèvre, Julia (France/USA), Executive Director, Leadership for Environment and Development, New York
- Matthews, Jessica (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC
- Mazrui, Ali (Kenya), Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities, Binghampton University, New York
- McCalla, Alex (Canada), Director, The World Bank, and Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, and previously Dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California-Davis
- McDonald, John W. (USA), Ambassador (ret.), Chairman, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Washington, DC
- McNamara, Robert S. (USA), The Global Coalition for Africa
- Menon, M.G.K. (India), Meghnad Saha Distinguished Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India
- Mernissi, Fatima (Morocco), Author
- Metreveli, Valerian I (Georgia), Academician and President, Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tblisi
- Mihailescu, Ioan (Romania), Rector, University of Bucharest
- Mohamadi, Habiba (Algeria), Writer and poet
- Molnar,Joseph (USA), President, International Rural Sociology Association
- Mongella, Gertrude (Tanzania), Secretary General, Beijing Women’s Conference
- Monod, Jerome (France), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux
- Monreal, Luis (Spain), Fundació "la Caixa"
- Mutua, Kimanthi (Kenya), Managing Director, Kenya Rural Enterprise Program
- Myers, Norman (UK), CMG, Consultant in Environment and Development
- Nagui, Mostafa (Egypt), Director, Cairo Opera House
- Nanji, Azim (Kenya), Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
- Nasr, Seyyed Hossain (Iran), Professor, George Washington University
- Nyang, Sulayman S. (Gambia), Professor, Howard University, Washington, DC
- Ochoa, Carlos (Peru), Scientist Emeritus, International Potato Center
- Odhiambo, Thomas R. (Kenya), former President, African Academy of Sciences, and Executive Director, Industrial Technology and Engineering Trust
- Ogunleye, Bisi (Nigeria), Chief, Executive Director, Country Women’s Association of Nigeria (COWAN)
- Otero, Maria (Bolivia/USA), Executive Vice President, ACCION International
- Ould Daddah, Turkia (Mauritania), former Director General, International Institute of Administrative Sciences, Member of Scientific Council, International Institute of Applied Sciences (IIAS)
- Ould-Abdallah, Ahmedou (Mauritania), Executive Secretary, Global Coalition for Africa
- Özkan, Suha (Turkey), Secretary-General, Aga Khan Award for Architecture
- Paroda, R.S. (India), Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and President, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India
- Pascarl-Gillespie, Jacqueline (Australia), Author, Journalist, and Special Ambassador of CARE International, Director, Empty Arms Network-Australia, Founder and Director of "Book Power," and Executive Director of Operation Angel
- Peacock, W. James (Australia), Chief, CSIRO, Australia
- Piñeiro, Martin (Argentina), Director, Grupo CEO, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Chairman of the Board, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington
- Pinstrup-Andersen, Per (Denmark), Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC
- Prabaharan, R. (India), Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
- Pratt, Jane (USA), President, The Mountain Institute
- Putnam, Robert (USA), Harvard University
- Qureshi, Moeen (Pakistan), Former Prime Minister
- Rabinowitch, Victor (USA), Senior Vice President, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Radulescu, Sorin M. (Romania), Sociologist, Editor-in-Chief, Romanian Sociology Journal, Romanian Academy
- Ramphele, Mamphele (South Africa), Vice-Chancellor, University of Capetown
- Raven, Peter (USA), Director, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO
- Ravinet, Jaime (Chile), Mayor of Santiago
- Rice, Andrew E. (USA), Founder and Chairman Emeritus, International Development Conference
- Ridgley, Dianne Dillon (USA), Women’s Environment and Development Organization
- Riley, Sir Ralph (UK), FRS, Chairman, Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK
- Rizk, Amina (Egypt), MP and Actress
- Rosovsky, Henry (USA), Harvard University
- Ruan, John (USA), Founder, The World Food Prize
- Said, Edward (Palestine/USA), University Professor, Columbia University
- Saint-Paul, Raymond (France), Professor, Administrateur Général Honoraire du Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM)
- Samir, Abdulac (Syria), Architect and Urban Specialist
- San Román, Lorena Victoria (Costa Rica), The Earth Council
- Satybaldin, Azimkhan (Kazakstan), Director General, National Academic Center of Agricultural Research, Almaty
- Scarascia-Mugnozza, Gian Tommaso (Italy), President, National Academy of Sciences, Rome, Italy
- Schmidheiny, Stephan (Switzerland) World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- Scobie, Grant (New Zealand), Director General, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Colombia
- Seurat, Marie (France), writer
- Shahine, Youssef (Egypt), Film Director
- Sharif, Omar (Egypt), Actor
- Shevelukha, Victor (Russia), Deputy, State Duma, Federal Assembly of Russian Federation and Member, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Shihata, Ibrahim (Egypt), International Jurist, Secretary General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
- Shiklomanov, Igor (Russia), Director, State Hydrological Institute and Associate Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, St. Petersburg
- Sid-Ahmed, Mohamed (Egypt), Journalist, Al Ahram
- Simmons, Adele (USA) President, MacArthur Foundation
- Singh, R.B. (India), Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute
- Smith, James Allen (USA), Executive Director, The Howard Gilman Foundation, New York
- Sorel, Eliot (USA), President, World Association for Social Psychology, Potomac, MD
- Starova, Luan (Macedonia), Writer and Diplomat
- Stern, Ernest (USA), J.P. Morgan, New York
- Strong, Maurice F. (Canada), Chairman, Earth Council, Canada
- Swaminathan, M.S. (India), Founder, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India, and World Food Prize Laureate
- Tekla, Leila (Egypt), Member, World Commission on Culture and Development
- Tempra, Françoise Dame (Malta), Founder and President, Bienale of Malta
- Thalwitz, Wilfried (Germany), former Senior Vice President, The World Bank
- Tham, Carl (Sweden), former Minister of Education and Science and former President, Swedish International Development Agency
- Timmer, C. Peter (USA), Dean, University of California, La Jolla, CA
- Tolba, Mustafa (Egypt), International Centre for Environment and Development and formerly Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Touré, Amadou Toumani (Mali), Former President of Republic of Mali
- Tribe, Derek (Australia), AO, OBE, Emeritus Professor and former Executive Director, International Development Program of Australian Universities and the Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research
- Ugo, Renato (Italy), Prof. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Milan, and Member, CTS and CNST, Italy
- Unger, Felix (Austria), President, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Van Montagu, Marc (Belgium), Director, Department of Genetics, University of Ghent and Winner of the 1998 Japan Prize
- Vellani, Camer W. (Pakistan), Rector, The Aga Khan University, Karachi
- Vendley, William F (USA), Secretary-General, World Conference on Religion and Peace
- Venter, J. Craig (USA), Founder and President, Celera Genomics
- Vigier, François (France), Norton Professor of Regional Planning, Harvard University
- Villareal, Fernando Gonzalez (Mexico), Professor, National University of Mexico and Former National Commissioner for Mexico
- Von Braun, Joachim (Germany), Director, Center for Development Research, Bonn, Germany
- Wang, Ren (China), Vice President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing
- Williams, Harold M. (USA), President Emeritus, J. Paul Getty Trust
- Yuan-chuan, Shi (China), President Emeritus, China Agricultural University (the former Beijing Agricultural University)
- Yunus, Muhammad (Bangladesh), Founder, Grameen Bank and winner of the 1998 Yukio Ozaki Gakudo Memorial Prize
- Zurayk, Constantine K. (Lebanon), Former President and currently Honorary President, International Association of Universities
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